tapia

== Galician == === Alternative forms === tápea === Etymology === Unknown: perhaps onomatopoeic. Cognate with Portuguese taipa and Spanish tapia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtapjɐ] === Noun === tapia m (plural tapias) (archaic) clay wall c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 291: enclosing wall Synonyms: cerre, muro ==== Related terms ==== tapiar tapial === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tapea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tapia”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tapia”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tápea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tapia”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Paraguayan Guarani == === Pronunciation === === Noun === tapia wall === References === Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “tápia”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 104, column 1 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtapja/ [ˈt̪a.pja] Rhymes: -apja Syllabification: ta‧pia === Etymology 1 === Probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“tap, plug”). ==== Noun ==== tapia f (plural tapias) adobe adobe brick wall made of adobe bricks enclosing wall ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== tapia inflection of tapiar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “tapia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025